#45ABC6#45ABC6

#45ABC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.101 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45ABC6
RGB	rgb(69, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -21.04, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 30.80, 226.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0789 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.101 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2060, 34.4653, 58.6338)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45ABC6 #C66045

analogous

#45C6A0 #45ABC6 #456BC6

triadic

#45ABC6 #C645AB #ABC645

tetradic

#45ABC6 #A045C6 #C66045 #6BC645

square

#45ABC6 #A045C6 #C66045 #6BC645

split-complementary

#45ABC6 #C6456B #C6A045

monochromatic

#225F6F #30879E #45ABC6 #74C0D4 #A3D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#45ABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#45ABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45ABC6

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45ABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45ABC6	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45abc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.101 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4d7',
    500: '#45abc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45abc6;
$custom-light: #87c4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45abc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.558,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69271,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45ABC6

secondary

#CFA397

accent

#6A4BDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #45ABC6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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